womman

Middle English

Alternative forms

• woman, wommane, womane, womanne, wommon, womon, wommone, woymon, wouman, wimman, wymman, wimmane, wymmanne, wiman, wyman, wimon, wimmon, wimmonne, wymmone, wumman, wuiman, waman, wemon, whoman, wifman, wifmanne, wyfman, wyfmanne, wifmon, voman, vomman, vymman, vifman, vyfman, wman, wmmon, wmmone, ummanne

Etymology

From Old English wiman, wimman, wīfmann (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person; female human being”), equivalent to wife +‎ man

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuman/, /ˈwivman/, /ˈwiman/

Noun

womman (plural wommen)

1. An female adult person; a woman.
2. The female sex in general.
3. The state of being a woman; womanhood.
   • South English Legendary: St. Lucy

     hire to wommane brouȝte

Related terms

• man
• wommanhede
• wommankin
• wommankynde
• wommanles
• wommanly
• wommanyssh

 

Descendants

• English: woman
• Scots: woman, weman

References

• “womman (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.